Since when did the WBO become a legit world title??? THEY SUCK

IBO rankings are not rigged. IBO has no interim champs.

 

The WBO became a major belt b/c of Naseem Hamed and Marco Antonio Barrera. Hamed legitimately won the WBA, IBF, WBC belts at featherweight, but since those sanctioning bodies wanted to marginalize the WBO, they would force Hamed to choose b/w their belt and the WBO. Hamed chose to stick with the WBO, he became the undisputed champion despite only having the WBO, and his popularity soared- becoming the first million dollar featherweight.

When Barrera beat him, he continued this practice, himself having arguably been the best fighter at 122 despite only having the WBO belt.

 

I'm talking about the WBC,WBA,IBF, and WBO. The IBO is a second tier title.

 

Joe - I mentioned the IBO with a vaguely positive reference earlier in the thread but still have a tough time seeing it as a "solution" to the problem. If you're here to garner everyday fans' thoughts on the IBO, here are mine...

The vaugely positive - I've read a bit about the organization and its founder and best as I can tell, the heart is in the right place. There doesn't seem to be too much money involved, but one always has to wonder then, what's the deal? You have to realize, boxing fans are going to be cynical about another organization.

Why fans will resist - Another organization isn't the solution, of course; as you say, 2 is 1 too many. The IBO has gained profile by being where other belts aren't - at big fights that are recognizing the best at the weight. BUT, it also has a good number of weak champs and nonsense like the Green/Jones fight doesn't help with credibility. Also, there will be the perception of "just another corrupt body", which will be difficult to overcome. Be clear about how much money is involved in your fights (I don't recall this from my reading) and don't sanction fights that produce weak champs (what good are "independent rankings" when you sanction poorly ranked fighters for a belt fight?). Otherwise, you're just too similar to the others.

If the IBO is are what I've gathered it to be, best of luck. It's a helluva uphill climb.

 

Another word of advice... don't say things like this. Nobody's buying it and it's simply not true. Do NOT defend other organizations, only differentiate yourself.

When Josh Clottey and Chad Dawson are stripped of titles for taking fights that they should be taking (by any reasonable observer's thinking), good fights are happening IN SPITE of the organizations.

 

BS after Dela Homo won a few Wbogus titles, it finally started to be recognized, and people wonder why and how UFC and MMA gained so much ground :-(

 

The Ring allows the #1 and #3 contenders to face-off for the title in certain circumstances. Vitali Klitschko vs. Corrie Sanders is an example of that. Wladimir was #1 and Chagaev #3. Nothing wrong with that. Vitali, who was #2 won't fight Wladimir, for obvious reasons. Wladimir has more than proved that he is the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

 

All the belts are meaningless except ring champ and p4p champ

 

The circumstances that they have in all precedents used to allow a vacancy to be resolved between number one and number three is that they consider the number two and number three to be relatively equal. I don't think anyone considered that to be the case with Vitali and Chagaev. If there is a clear number one and two, then it is absurd to claim a lineage can be created without including one of them solely because they don't wish to fight one another.

 

Calzaghe as WBO champ demolished Amercian belt holder Lacy in one of the most one - sided trashings in a unification fight ever. Michalczewski beat Hill. He also demolished Tadzi who beat American ATG Toney. So how are these European fighters and their reigns below the American level?

 

The wbo doesn't count. I don't believe the ibho recognizes them either. When floyd beats pac I won't be recognizing floyd as 7 time world champ

 

I never considered Lacy anything particularly special, irrspective of what others said here prior to the Joe Calz fight. Calz also defeated a washed up Roy Jones Jr. and a solid argument could be made he lost to BHop. Hardly a sterling legacy.

 

the circumstances aren't set in stone it can happen in certain instances and #1 and #2 being bros who refuse to fight happens to be one and a good one

 

whats there policy on ring belts

 

At one time IBF was the newjack upstart org...